Transition Redhill – November Update

Another Walk on the Wild Side

October’s planned film screening had to be cancelled, so we have rearranged it for November.

We will be showing the film Project Wild Thing at our usual Tuesday evening meeting at The Garland…

Filmmaker David Bond is a worried man. His kids’ waking hours are dominated by a cacophony of marketing, and a screen dependence threatening to turn them into glassy-eyed zombies. Like city kids everywhere, they spend way too much time indoors – not like it was back in his day.

Farm Start – A Food Growing Business Incubator

Sutton Community Farm, one of our food group‘s suppliers, are launching a Food Growing Business Incubator, called Farm Start. This pilot project seeks to support new entrants into food production enterprise by helping them test out their food growing enterprise ideas at a minimal risk. This is a one year pilot, aiming to explore the challenges faced by new entrants into farming including a lack of access to finance, growing space and knowledge.

There will be an information evening at the farm on 6 November if you would like to find out more. Further details here.

Potential ancient woodland loss at Gatwick – an update

A few months ago we published details of a Woodland Trust campaign page which made it easy to contribute to Gatwick Airport’s consultation to the proposal to build a second runway at the airport. Over 50% of responses to the consultation were submitted via the Woodland Trust page, but it was claimed that the airport were not treating the responses as individual submissions, as they were collected as part of an ‘organised campaign’. The Woodland Trust met with senior members of the second runway project team to discuss this development, and their report on the meeting is here.

Gatwick Airport Conservation Campaign (GACC) will be holding a meeting about the second runway proposal later this month (see below).

Dates for your Diary

Saturday 8 November – Acoustic Music Session at The Garland. Monthly acoustic music session at The Garland, Redhill from 3pm-6pm. A very informal session involving musicians of all standards. It combines a jamming group and a songwriting group, and new members are more than welcome. Details from Sue Fenton on 07931 541369 or sue@fwords.co.uk, or visit the Reigate and Redhill Songwriters & Jammers page on Facebook.